Improved device for nebulizing perfumes and volatile liquids



E.P.RocHE.

Atomizer.

Patented May 24, V1870.

MPE/ERS. PNOTO-LITMOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. EocHE, oE BATH, MAINE.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR NEBULIZING PERFUMES AND VOLATlLE LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part ol' Leiters Patent No. 103,374, dated May 24,1STO; rl

May 17, 1ero.

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, EDWARD I. ROCHE, M. D., of Bath, in the county of Sagadahoe and State of Maine, have made aninvention of a new and useful device called a Nebulizing Diaphragm or Atomizer,77 having reference to perfumes, scent-bottles, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, making part of t-his specification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section of a vial or bottle provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are modifica-tions of my invention.

The inventien herein described, and embodying the subject-mattei.' of this patent, I term a nebulizing diaphragm7 for the necks of bottles or vials, its purpose being, by i1npeding the How of liquid, to prevent too sudden and rapid escape of the same. e My invention is intended for scent or perfume bottles, or for any bottles containing 'volatile fluid from which it is desired to extract a small quantity of liquid ata time.

My invention consists, mainly, in the employment within the neck of a bottle and below the place of deposit of its cork or stopper of a foraminons diaphragm or porous partition which shall obstruct to a considerable extent the iiow of a liquid from said bottle, for p.ur poses which will at once manifest themselves to intelligent persons. y

In the drawings accompanying this specification, and which illustrate my invention, a denotes a glass bottle of ordinary manufacture, with the exception that within the lower part of its neck or filling-orifice is formed an annular circumscribing groove or channel, b, of small' area. This groove is intended to retain or secure a. perforated or gauze diaphragm, (shown at 0,) the purpose ofthis diaphragm being as above stated.

YVarious modes may be adopted to secure the diaphragm in place wit-hin the groove b, but my present experience induces me to adopt a ring of india-rubber, which, being distended and passed above the periphery of the diaphragm, naturally contracts thereabouts with sufficient power to cling tightly to it, as Well as to expand into and iill the channel b, thus securing the diaphragm to the bottle. It would be well to ronghen or serrate the periphery of the diaphragm, in order to afford a greater means of safety in securing the elastic ring toit.

In place of securing the diaphragm to the neck or throat of the bottle by means before stated, it may be formed with four or other -number of oppositely-arranged bars or studs, two of which are contracted in length and extend into the channel b, while the other two extend below the shoulder or main band or top of the bottle, by this means securing the diaphragm in place.

In place 0f thefOraminous diaphragm be- :fore explained a disk or partition of plasterof-paris may be employed, through which a series of minute orifices are made, this disk of plaster being cemented firmly in place within the neck of the bottle.

rIhc employment of the diaphragm before explained, or an equivalent device for exerting a cheek upon the escape of iuids from bottles, will be found to answer a very useful purpose, as its presence prevents loss of perfumes and other liquids which would oftentimes, through the inadvertence of the possessor or by accident, escape in large quantities.

Still another form of diaphragm which I have contemplated consists in forming it in the shape of a bell,l.r, spun or struck up from sheet metal, and furnished with a knob, l, at top, for facilitating'its entrance or removal from the neck of the vial.

The outer edge of the diaphragm, when of that form, should be rolled or returned under and scored at intervals with radial slits, by which means a yielding or elastic surface is obtained sufficient to confine the diaphragm in place within the groove of the bottle when compressed therein, the roll or edge of the po riphery of the diaphragm being intended to fit closely into such groove.

A diaphragm of the form last described will will be found useful for receptacles of finelypowdered articles, and the use of a cork or stopper in connection with it may be dispensed With.

rlhe interposed diaphragm while exerting a useful action, as before stated, yis entirely iso- 2. Forming :L score or groove in the interior lated from any connection orinterferenee with of the neck of the bottle for the purpose of the cork or stopper of the bottle. retaining the diaphragm in place therein, es-

I claim as my invention sentiztlly as explained. l. The application to the neck or mouth of a bottle, and below its stopper-receiving in- EDWARD l1. ROCHE7 M. D. closure, of L forzuninous diaphragm, or its equivalent device, for retarding ow of liquid Vitnesses:

from such bottle, the advantages of such a digl- 'WALTER F. BISBEE, phragni being as hereinl'ie'tore explained.

GEO. A. HANSCOM. 

